Posts in category Vintage + Historical Oddities

It’s even the mascot of the region’s hockey team!

The supernatural events in The Omen were nothing compared to the spooky real-life horrors that plagued the movie’s cast and set.

Could it be that Pablo Escobar inadvertently helped his country’s environment by introducing ‘cocaine hippos’ to it? 

We certainly hope your imagination is not exactly “running amok.”

Despite the hype, Egyptian mummy curses are shockingly rare and downright bland.

The human race has always been fascinated by—and has taken quite a few guesses at—how the world will come to an end.

You might think that the story would end there: hanged on May 23, 1701—Kidd’s body grotesquely left on display alongside the River Thames…

Did the Ring of Silvianus Inspire J.R.R. Tolkien?

Vidal’s corpse was said to have been beheaded and tied securely to a horse, along with his decapitated head.

There are so many tidbits about this bedazzled jumpsuit-wearing “Big Hunk O’Love” that the girls just “Can’t Help Falling in Love” with.